I. INFORMATION ABOUT THE LSSI (Ley de Servicios de la Sociedad de la Información [Law on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce])
In compliance with the provisions of Law 34/2002, of July 11, on information society services and e-commerce, it is made known that the owner of the website www.iberostarsustainabilityawards.com (the Website) is IBEROSTAR MANAGEMENT, S.A. Single Shareholder Company, with registered address at C/ General Riera, 154, 07010 Palma de Mallorca, Spain and CIF A07816481, registered in the Commercial Register of Mallorca, in volume 1429, folio 37, page PM-25358 (hereinafter, IBEROSTAR).
II. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
These general terms and conditions of use regulate the access and use of the various contents and services included or accessible through the website www.iberostarsustainabilityawards.com (hereinafter, the Website).
Through the Website, the opportunity to participate in the contest called “Iberostar Sustainability Awards” is made available to the user.
These general terms and conditions must be understood without prejudice to the conditions shown on the Website.
You acquire the status of user simply by using the Website. The use of the Website and any of its services means that, as a user, you accept each and every one of the present general terms and conditions without reservations, as well as the specific terms and conditions that, if applicable, regulate the use of the Website or related services connected thereto.
The owners of the Website may, at any time and without prior notice, modify the presentation and configuration of the Website, as well as these general terms and conditions, and introduce new terms and conditions of use. These modifications will be published on the Website so that the user is aware of them before proceeding to use it. Using the Website once the general terms and conditions have been modified means that the user accepts these modified general terms and conditions.
User obligations
By using the Website, the user declares to be over 18 years of age. To use the Website, minors must obtain prior permission from their parents, guardians, or legal representatives, who will be held responsible for all actions carried out by the minors under their care.
The user agrees to use the Website and the services related thereto in a diligent manner that complies with the law, ethics, and public order, along with these general terms and conditions and particular terms that may apply. The user must refrain from using the Website and the services related thereto in any way that may impede their normal functioning and enjoyment by users or that could injure or cause damage to the property and rights of the owners of the Website, their suppliers, users, or any third party in general.
In particular, when using the Website and the services related thereto, the user has obligations that include but are not limited to the following list, without it limiting the general scope of the obligation established in the preceding paragraphs:
(a) Do not introduce, store, or spread, through the Website or through any of the services linked thereto, any computer program, data, virus, code, or any other electronic instrument or device that could cause damage to the Website, on any of the services linked thereto or on any equipment, systems, or networks belonging to the owners of the Website, any user, their suppliers, or any third party in general, or which otherwise is capable of causing any kind of alteration or impediment to its normal operation.
(b) Do not use false identities or impersonate the identity of others when using the Website or any of the services linked thereto, including the use, where appropriate, of passwords or access codes of third parties, or in any other way.
(c) Do not hide or falsify, in any way, the source of email messages, intercept, delete, or modify other users’ email messages, or send mass email messages.
(d) Do not destroy, alter, disable, or damage the data, information, programs, or electronic documents belonging to the owners of the Website, their suppliers, or third parties.
(e) Do not use the contents and, in particular, the information obtained through the Website to send out publicity, to send messages for marketing purposes or any other type of commercial purpose, or to collect or store personal data from third parties.
(f) Do not introduce or spread any information that is defamatory, slanderous, obscene, threatening, xenophobic, that incites violence, that incites discrimination due to sex, race, ideology, or religion or that in any way violates ethics, the public order, fundamental rights, public liberties, honor, privacy, or the image of third parties and current regulations in general.
In the event that any user considers that there are any actions or circumstances that reveal the illicit nature of the use of any content and/or the performance of any activity on the Website or accessible through it, they should notify the owners of the Website by sending an email to contactcenter@iberostar.com.
On the Website, users can find a guide with the options available on it.
Site map
Only those pages found within the web map of the Website are deemed to belong thereto.
Intellectual and industrial property
The user recognizes that all of the elements of the Website and of each of the services provided through it, the information and materials contained therein, the structure, selection, ordering, and presentation of its contents, and the computer programs used in connection therewith, are protected by intellectual and industrial property rights of the owners of the Website or third parties, as appropriate.
Unless authorized by the owners of the Website or, where appropriate, by third-party owners of the relevant rights, or unless legally permitted, the user may not reproduce, transform, modify, disassemble, perform reverse engineering, distribute, rent, lend, make available, or allow access to the public through any form of public communication of any of the elements referred to in the preceding paragraph. In no event shall it be understood that any license is granted or a waiver, transmission, or a total or partial transfer of such rights is made, nor is any right or lawful expectation particularly provided to carry out any alteration, exploitation, reproduction, distribution or public communication of such content without the prior, express authorization of the Website or its corresponding owners.
The user shall use the materials, elements, and information accessed by using the Website and each of the corresponding services solely for their own needs, being required not to do business, either directly or indirectly, with either the services or the materials, elements, and information obtained through them.
The user must refrain from deleting the identifying intellectual or industrial property rights symbols or any other symbol belonging to the owners of the Website or the third parties appearing on the Website and on each of the various services offered through it. Likewise, the user must refrain from eluding or manipulating any technical devices established by the owners of the Website or by third parties, whether on the Website or any of the services, materials, elements or information obtained through it, for the protection of their rights.
Passwords
The Website will allow users registered on the Website to use personal passwords. These passwords will be used to access the services provided through the Website. Registered users must store the passwords to access restricted content under the most strict and absolute confidentiality. Thus, they assume the responsibility for damages or consequences of any kind that arise from disclosing this password. For security purposes, the user can change the password for online access to services linked to the Website at any time.
Exclusion of guarantees
The owners of the Website are committed to carrying out all necessary efforts to guarantee the availability and continuity of the Website, as well as the services linked thereto. However, the owners of the Website cannot guarantee that the Website and the services linked thereto will work correctly at all times and that the user will be able to access them and use them quickly, without interruption and without errors. In the same way, the owners of the Website do not give any guarantees regarding the suitability and content of the Website or any of the services linked thereto for the satisfaction of the specific needs of the user.
The owners of the Website will act diligently, according to the general uses accepted in the sector, to avoid the presence, on the Website or in any of the services related thereto, of a virus or other damaging elements that could cause alterations to the user’s computer system, their electronic documents or their files, but cannot guarantee the absence of such elements, accepting no responsibility for the damages that this could cause.
The owners of the Website do not control, make their own, or guarantee the accuracy, quality, veracity, reliability, or suitability of the information and services provided or given by third parties through the Website. Similarly, they do not control and do not guarantee the absence of viruses or other harmful elements in the content or services provided or given by third parties through the Website.
The owners of the Website do not guarantee the technical availability, quality, reliability, accuracy, or veracity of the contents and services available on websites owned by or managed by third parties which the user can access through technical linking devices (“links”) from the Website. The owners of the Website do not control the content of the aforementioned websites, nor do they offer or sell the products and services available on the linked websites, nor do they assume any responsibility therefor.
The Website will be used at the user’s own risk. Thus, the owners of the Website are not liable for: possible damages arising from interference, interruption, computer viruses, telephone breakdowns or telephone disconnections not caused by the Website; delays or blockages in the use of this electronic system caused by deficiencies or overloads in its data processing center, telephone lines, in the internet system, or other electrical systems; nor any other alteration that may occur in users’ Software or Hardware.
Similarly, the owners of the Website will not be liable for damages caused by third parties through illegitimate interference beyond their control. Nor will they be liable for any damages or harm caused by the use or misuse of the content of the Website or for the consequences that may arise from errors, defects, or omissions in the content provided by third parties that may appear on it. For these purposes, the chosen Hotel is the third party.
Termination
Without prejudice to liability for damages and harm that may arise, the owners of the Website may, immediately and without prior notice, terminate their relationship with the user, interrupting access to the Website or its corresponding services, if it identifies any use thereof or of any of the services related thereto that is contrary to the applicable general or specific conditions.
The user will be liable for damages or harm of any nature that the owners of the Website or any of its subsidiaries may suffer, directly or indirectly, as a consequence of failing to comply with any of the obligations stemming from the general or specific conditions in connection with the use of the Website or any of the services linked thereto. Similarly, the user will hold the owners of the Website harmless from any sanctions, claims, or lawsuits that may be filed by a third party, including any public bodies, against the owners of the Website, its employees, or its agents, as a result of a violation of any third-party rights by said user through the use of the Website or the services linked thereto in a manner contrary to what is stated in the applicable general or specific conditions.
Applicable law and jurisdiction
These general terms and conditions are governed by Spanish law. The owners of the Website and the user, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction, are subject to the Courts and Tribunals of the user’s registered address for any dispute that may arise from the use of the Website or the services linked thereto.
In the event that the user is domiciled outside Spain, the owners of the Website and the user submit, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction, to the Courts and Tribunals of Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
Last updated: April 2023
